Sheer Drama and jockey Joe Bravo overpower the rest of the field in the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga. Anne M. Eberhardt

Personal Ensign Coglianese Photos

Close Hatches took command on the opening turn and never looked back in the $500,0000 Grade I Personal Ensign Stakes, romping by five lengths over a muddy track at Saratoga Race Course for her third grade I triumph in a row. Anne M. Eberhardt

Charles Fipke's homebred Forever Unbridled handed champion Songbird just the second defeat of her career Aug. 26 when the 5-year-old mare closed down the center of the track at Saratoga Race Course to win the $700,000 Personal Ensign Stakes (G1).